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FYERS American Gambits

Zapp Chess is a partner of the Gambits for GCL 2026

The Gambits go into Season 4 of the Global Chess League with the reigning Candidates winner on board one, a Season 2 MVP on board three, and Zapp Chess on the jersey. Here is the squad, the people behind the team, and what the partnership involves.

The 2026 squad

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Javokhir Sindarov

Uzbekistan. Won the 2026 Candidates and plays the World Championship match later this year.

Superstar man

Daniil Dubov

FIDE flag. World Rapid champion in 2018.

Superstar man

Nihal Sarin

India. MVP of the whole league in Season 2.

Superstar woman

Bibisara Assaubayeva

Kazakhstan. Two-time Women's World Blitz champion, and the one player the Gambits retained.

Superstar woman

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh

Spain, and widely known as Sara Khadem. Transferred from Iran in 2023.

Prodigy

Marc'Andria Maurizzi

France. One of the youngest grandmasters the country has produced.

Srinath Narayanan coaches the team. Bibisara Assaubayeva was the one player retained before the draft in Mumbai on 29 June 2026; the rest of the squad is new. Javokhir Sindarov arrives having won the 2026 Candidates, weeks before he plays D Gukesh in the World Chess Championship 2026 in Geneva, and he and Assaubayeva are a couple now playing on the same team. Nihal Sarin was MVP of the whole league in Season 2.

2026 board-by-board results

Every finished match of the team, board by board. A win with White is worth 3 game points, a win with Black 4, and a draw 1 for each team. Player names link to the player profiles.

Preliminary stage · Saturday 5 September, 15:30 IST

FYERS American Gambits10–4PBG Alaskan Knights

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir3–0Anand, Viswanathan
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin1–1Erigaisi Arjun
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil1–1Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara1–1Lagno, Kateryna
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat1–1Batsiashvili, Nino
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria3–0Mishra, Abhimanyu

Preliminary stage · Saturday 5 September, 20:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits14–5Triveni Continental Kings

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Firouzja, Alireza1–1Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Wei, Yi0–4Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.0–4Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Zhu, Jiner1–1Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Kosteniuk, Alexandra3–0Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Pranav, V0–4Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Preliminary stage · Sunday 6 September, 18:30 IST

FYERS American Gambits7–9Ganges Grandmasters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Nepomniachtchi, Ian3–0Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Aronian, Levon0–4Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Dominguez Perez, Leinier1–1Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Shuvalova, Polina3–0Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Tsolakidou, Stavroula1–1Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Mendonca, Leon Luke1–1Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Preliminary stage · Monday 7 September, 18:30 IST

FYERS American Gambits3–15Alpine APL Pipers

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir1–1Carlsen, Magnus
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin1–1Giri, Anish
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil0–4Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara1–1Divya Deshmukh
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat0–4Koneru, Humpy
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria0–4Murzin, Volodar

Preliminary stage · Tuesday 8 September, 17:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits6–11CheQ Mumba Masters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir1–1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin3–0Pranesh M
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil0–4Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara1–1Dronavalli, Harika
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat0–4Yip, Carissa
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria1–1Daneshvar, Bardiya

Preliminary stage · Tuesday 8 September, 20:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits12–9PBG Alaskan Knights

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Anand, Viswanathan0–4Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Erigaisi Arjun0–4Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan3–0Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Lagno, Kateryna3–0Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Batsiashvili, Nino3–0Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Mishra, Abhimanyu0–4Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Preliminary stage · Wednesday 9 September, 20:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits8–5Triveni Continental Kings

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir3–0Firouzja, Alireza
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin1–1Wei, Yi
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil1–1Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara1–1Zhu, Jiner
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat1–1Kosteniuk, Alexandra
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria1–1Pranav, V

Preliminary stage · Thursday 10 September, 20:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits13–5Ganges Grandmasters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir3–0Nepomniachtchi, Ian
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin0–4Aronian, Levon
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil3–0Dominguez Perez, Leinier
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara3–0Shuvalova, Polina
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat1–1Tsolakidou, Stavroula
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria3–0Mendonca, Leon Luke

Preliminary stage · Friday 11 September, 18:30 IST

FYERS American Gambits7–9Alpine APL Pipers

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Carlsen, Magnus3–0Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Giri, Anish1–1Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi3–0Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Divya Deshmukh0–4Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Koneru, Humpy1–1Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Murzin, Volodar1–1Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Preliminary stage · Saturday 12 September, 20:00 IST

FYERS American Gambits6–11CheQ Mumba Masters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime0–4Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Pranesh M3–0Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar1–1Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Dronavalli, Harika1–1Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Yip, Carissa3–0Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Daneshvar, Bardiya3–0Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Final · Sunday 13 September, 15:30 IST

FYERS American Gambits11–6CheQ Mumba Masters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime1–1Sindarov, Javokhir
  2. Board 2Pranesh M0–4Nihal Sarin
  3. Board 3Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar1–1Dubov, Daniil
  4. Board 4Dronavalli, Harika3–0Assaubayeva, Bibisara
  5. Board 5Yip, Carissa1–1Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
  6. Board 6Daneshvar, Bardiya0–4Maurizzi, MarcAndria

Final · Sunday 13 September, 16:33 IST

FYERS American Gambits10–4CheQ Mumba Masters

Game points: Black win 4 · White win 3 · Draw 1–1. Points shown as White–Black.

  1. Board 1Sindarov, Javokhir1–1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
  2. Board 2Nihal Sarin3–0Pranesh M
  3. Board 3Dubov, Daniil1–1Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
  4. Board 4Assaubayeva, Bibisara1–1Dronavalli, Harika
  5. Board 5Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat1–1Yip, Carissa
  6. Board 6Maurizzi, MarcAndria3–0Daneshvar, Bardiya

The Zapp Chess partnership

Zapp Chess is an official partner of the FYERS American Gambits for Season 4. Zapp branding appears on the left back shoulder of the team jersey, alongside a player shoot, social content through the season and an activation on match days in Bengaluru. It is the first time Zapp has partnered a professional chess team.

The fit is the format. League games are rapid, 20 minutes with an increment that only starts after move 40, which is chess played against the clock rather than against preparation. Zapp is built around the same idea at a shorter length: a full game in about 2 minutes.

Owners

CEO and co-owner
Prachura PP
Co-owners
Ravichandran Ashwin, Venkat K Narayana
Strategic shareholder
Gerard Pique, announced in Bengaluru on 17 August 2026
Title sponsor
FYERS
Coach
Srinath Narayanan

The team's record in the league

  • 2024, London: fourth, and the team that won the opening match of the season 11-6 against the Mumba Masters. Nihal Sarin, then with the PBG Alaskan Knights, was named MVP of the season.
  • 2025, Mumbai: reached the top four of the round robin with Hikaru Nakamura as Icon.
  • 2026, Bengaluru: a rebuilt squad around Sindarov, with one player retained.

Watching the Gambits in Bengaluru

The Gambits play their Season 4 matches at The Lalit Ashok in Bengaluru between 5 and 13 September 2026. Dates, format, scoring and the other five squads are on the Global Chess League 2026 page, and every squad board by board is on the teams page. The league ends on 13 September; two days later Sindarov, Nihal Sarin and Assaubayeva are all due in Samarkand for the Chess Olympiad.

Questions about the Gambits

Who plays for the FYERS American Gambits in 2026?

Javokhir Sindarov as Icon, Daniil Dubov and Nihal Sarin on the Superstar men's boards, Bibisara Assaubayeva and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh on the Superstar women's boards, and Marc'Andria Maurizzi as Prodigy. Srinath Narayanan is the coach.

Who owns the American Gambits?

Prachura PP is CEO and co-owner, alongside Ravichandran Ashwin and Venkat K Narayana. Gerard Pique was announced as a strategic shareholder at an event in Bengaluru on 17 August 2026.

Why is the team called the FYERS American Gambits?

FYERS, a technology-led brokerage, is the team's title sponsor, so the franchise competes as the FYERS American Gambits. It is one of the six teams in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League.

Is Zapp Chess sponsoring the American Gambits?

Yes. Zapp Chess is an official partner of the FYERS American Gambits for Season 4 of the Global Chess League, played in Bengaluru from 5 to 13 September 2026. It is Zapp's first partnership with a professional chess team.

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